Livestock Apprentice
Glynwood Center for Regional Food and Farming · Cold Spring, NY · 1 mo ago
On-siteManagement$16.48/hrFull-time
We need to output HTML fragment with sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real content. Must not repeat job title. Must not include Job ID etc. Must preserve all substantive info. Remove boilerplate like EEO, navigation, cookie, legal, application instructions, duplicated lines. Must not include filler like "commensurate with experience". Must not create sections unless posting has real specific content.
We need to parse the description.
Key info:
- Overview: description of program.
- Regular Work Hours: schedule details.
- Compensation: $16.48 per hour wage; accrues up to 48 hours vacation, up to 40 hours sick time, paid holidays; average of 200 paid educational hours; cell phone reimbursement credit, if applicable; $500 HRA; $200 workwear stipend; $250 education stipend; no-cost eggs and vegetables; 30% discount on meat and Farm Store; private room in 6-bedroom house shared with other apprentices.
- Employee Housing: private room, 5 housemates, no pets or significant others, must share living space.
- Educational Opportunities: HVA program, 60 hr classroom curriculum, additional 30-50 hrs education by farm managers, modules list, visits regional farms, alumni network.
- Requirements: Essential Job Duties list (bulleted). Eligibility Requirements: at least 3 consecutive months outdoors full-time physically demanding job; some professional experience handling livestock; preference for candidates who have farmed at least one full season; valid US driver license.
- Required Skills: list.
- Physical Demands: list.
- Travel And Weekend Work: rotating weekend schedule, holiday weekends, field trips off site, conferences.
- About Glynwood: DEI statement.
We need to map to sections.
Section headings allowed: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule.
We need to decide what goes where.
- About the role: overview description (program description). Could be first paragraph(s) describing apprenticeship.
- Responsibilities: Essential Job Duties list.
- Requirements: Eligibility Requirements (maybe also Required Skills? but Skills separate). Could put eligibility under Requirements.
- Qualifications: maybe combine eligibility and required skills? But we have separate Skills section. Qualifications could be things like driver license, experience, etc. However we have Requirements and Qualifications both allowed. We need to decide distribution.
Given typical job posting: Requirements = eligibility, Qualifications = preferred qualifications, Skills = required skills. But we can adapt.
We have:
Eligibility Requirements: at least 3 months outdoors full-time physically demanding job; some professional experience handling livestock; preference for candidates who have farmed at least one full season; valid US driver license.
Required Skills: list of competencies.
Physical Demands: could be part of Requirements or maybe Qualifications? But we have no specific section for Physical Demands; we could include under Requirements or Qualifications. Probably under Requirements as it's a requirement.
Travel And Weekend Work: could be part of Responsibilities or Schedule? It's about schedule expectations. Could go under Schedule.
About Glynwood DEI statement: could be About the role? Or maybe not needed; but it's substantive about organization. Could be included in About the role.
Educational Opportunities: could be Benefits? Or maybe Qualifications? It's more about training/education provided. Could be Benefits (educational benefits). But we have Benefits section for things like vacation, stipends, housing, discounts. Educational opportunities could be part of Benefits or maybe a separate section but not allowed. Could include under Benefits as "educational support".
We need to avoid creating sections with filler. So we must include only sections that have real content.
Let's plan sections:
- About the role: overview description (first few paragraphs). Include program description, goals, etc.
- Responsibilities: Essential Job Duties list.
- Requirements: Eligibility Requirements + Physical Demands + Travel And Weekend Work? Might be too much but okay.
- Qualifications: maybe Required Skills? But we have Skills section separate. Actually we have Skills allowed. So Qualifications could be things like driver license, experience, preference for seasoned farmers. But we already put those in Requirements. Hmm.
We could do:
- About the role
- Responsibilities
- Requirements (eligibility + physical demands)
- Qualifications (preferred experience, driver license? but driver license is eligibility). Might be redundant.
Better: Use Requirements for eligibility and physical demands; Skills for required skills; Benefits for compensation, stipends, housing, educational opportunities, discounts; Pay for wage; Schedule for work hours and weekend details.
Thus:
- About the role: overview.
- Responsibilities: essential duties.
- Requirements: eligibility (3 months outdoors, livestock experience, preference for season, driver license) + physical demands.
- Skills: required skills list.
- Benefits: vacation, sick time, paid holidays, educational hours, cell phone reimbursement, HRA, workwear stipend, education stipend, no-cost eggs/veg, 30% discount, private housing.
- Pay: $16.48 per hour wage.
- Schedule: regular work hours details (March-MidMay etc), weekend chores, rotating schedule, holiday coverage.
We must not include sections with filler like "commensurate with experience". Not present.
Check each section for real content.
Now we need to output HTML fragment with
for each section heading, then content:
for prose,
- for lists. We must not repeat job title. Not include Job ID etc. We must preserve all substantive information. Ensure we don't lose any details. Let's extract details precisely. About the role: from description overview: "Glynwood’s Livestock Apprenticeship program is for beginning farmers who are ready to pursue a career raising livestock and want to increase their farming knowledge and skills. Apprentices gain a solid foundation in the skills necessary to work on a small-scale diversified livestock operation. Apprentices will go beyond gaining hands-on experience and learning technical skills through working as a team member to manage Glynwood’s Animal Welfare-Approved livestock operation. The 9-month Livestock Apprenticeship aims to enhance the apprentice's understanding of the principles and practices of regenerative, pasture-based production of beef, pork, lamb and poultry products. The Glynwood Apprenticeship is an intensive vocational training program. Apprentices work full-time in the pastures on the livestock team and are an integral part of daily livestock care which includes feeding, watering, and managing all species on pasture. Beyond gaining hands-on experience and learning technical skills as a team member, apprentices receive significant educational support including extensive in-field training in regenerative, rotationally grazed livestock production; complete assessments of their skills and progress towards program goals; and a 60-hour classroom curriculum. All of this is built into the full time schedule. Apprentices are expected to support Glynwood’s culture of philanthropy and may be asked to contribute to story-telling projects or events led by our development and communications team. All Glynwood apprentices are participants in the Hudson Valley Apprenticeship program in which apprentices from local participating farms come together for supplemental classroom education. For further information on our programs please use this link or visit our website." We should remove the "For further information on our programs please use this link or visit our website." as it's application instruction/link. Remove that sentence. Also maybe remove "For further information on our programs please use this link or visit our website." That's boilerplate/application instruction. Remove. Now Responsibilities: Essential Job Duties list: "Provide day-to-day care for all species of livestock and guardian animals on the farm: cattle, sheep, hogs, laying hens, meat chickens, turkeys, and livestock guardian dogs. Must be willing and able to handle all species. Monitor breeding and birthing Care for sick and injured animals Fence installation and repair Maintain livestock infrastructure and tools Participate in Meat CSA management Pasture maintenance Manure management Participate in livestock record keeping" We need to format as list items. Each sentence could be separate bullet. We should preserve all details. Now Requirements: Eligibility Requirements: "At least 3 consecutive months of working outdoors full-time in a physically demanding job, such as landscaping, farming, or construction work Some professional experience handling livestock Preference for candidates who have farmed for at least one full season Valid US Driver License in good standing" Also Physical Demands: "This is a physically challenging role. The Livestock Apprentice must be able and willing to: Lift at least 50 pounds safely on a regular basis Lift and move small animals Herd large animals Lift and move bales, feed, etc. Stand and walk for long hours, often on uneven ground Perform other physical activities as needed for performance of livestock work Work steadily outdoors in all weather including heat, cold, rain, snow, and wind. (Working outdoors is not required when conditions are hazardous to human health.)" We can combine these under Requirements. Now Skills: Required Skills list: "Basic competency with the Google Suite, including word processing, spreadsheets, email, and calendar Comfort using a smartphone, as well as downloading and using apps to track grazing and animal health Ability to communicate clearly in English, verbally and in writing Professional, collegial, direct, non-aggressive communication skills Ability to work both alone and on a team Willingness and ability to help with emergencies during non-regular hours Comfort with the reality of animal mortality" Now Benefits: list: - Apprentices accrue up to 48 hours of vacation and up to 40 hours of sick time as well as paid holidays (however, farm staff rotate coverage of holidays and receive comp time for any holidays worked) - An average of 200 paid educational hours - Cell phone reimbursement credit, if applicable - $500 in a Healthcare Reimbursement Account - $200 workwear stipend, and $250 education stipend - No-cost Glynwood eggs and vegetables; and a 30% discount on Glynwood meat and Farm Store products - Private room in a 6-bedroom house shared with the other apprentices - Employee Housing: Apprentices are assigned a private room in a 6-bedroom house and can expect to have 5 housemates. We cannot accommodate pets or significant others. Apprentices must be willing to share a living space with coworkers. Please carefully consider if you will be comfortable in this living situation before applying for this position. We should combine housing details. Now Pay: "$16.48 per hour wage" Now Schedule: details: "Regular Work Hours: The apprenticeship begins on March 15, 2027 and ends on December 8, 2027. Daily start and end times vary by season, and will include occasional longer workdays, and weekend chores up to two weekends per month. The basic work schedule is as follows: The standard schedule is Monday through Friday. When covering weekend chores, the apprentice works Monday through Sunday and takes the following Monday off.March to Mid-May: 7:30am - 4:30pm workday with a 1 hour unpaid lunch breakMid-May to Mid-August: 7:30am - 5pm workday with a 1 hour unpaid lunch break Mid-August to December: 7:30am - 4:30pm with a 1 hour unpaid lunch break" Also Travel And Weekend Work: "Because livestock needs to be tended daily, the Livestock Manager will create a rotating weekend schedule for the livestock team, including apprentices. This may include chore coverage on holiday weekends. Apprentices participate in field trips off site, and may attend one or more conferences that require overnight stays." We can incorporate that into Schedule section. Now About Glynwood DEI statement: Could be included in About the role or maybe separate but not allowed headings. We'll incorporate into About the role as part of organization description. Thus About the role will include overview plus DEI statement. Now we need to ensure we don't include any